Construction documents · Arizona
An Arizona package should identify the site jurisdiction and whether any part of the building is factory-built. Keep the local site requirements and the off-site construction documents connected without assuming they follow the same approval path.
Your codes, connected to your drawings
Groundbook can review your drawings against the state and local code PDFs you upload. Add the adopted code books and amendments that apply to your project, then review potential issues with links to the supporting sources.
Upload the applicable code PDFs alongside the drawing set. Include the edition, local amendments, and project requirements.
Set code PDFs to Code and Use as reference. Mark the drawings you want reviewed as Check this file.
Follow the linked drawing and reference, check applicability, and have the responsible professional verify the issue.
State and local references
Examples of references you can bring into Groundbook. Confirm the adopted edition, effective date, and project scope with the reviewing authority, then upload the applicable PDFs.
Local example: Phoenix publishes its adopted construction codes and city amendments. Other Arizona jurisdictions may use different references.
For a Phoenix project, select the applicable adopted book with Phoenix amendments. Elsewhere, obtain the actual city or county adoption.
Code names link to official agency or publisher resources. Reviewed September 9, 2026. The reference set comes from the files you supply.
Arizona reference guide
Arizona law authorizes qualifying counties to adopt building codes for zoned unincorporated areas, with specified limits and possible area exemptions. Confirm the site’s local code and enforcement status rather than extending a neighboring city’s code to it.
Arizona Legislature: county code adoptionThe Arizona Department of Housing provides a plan-review program for factory-built buildings. Its guidance distinguishes off-site closed construction and related compliance documentation; establish how that scope connects to local site approvals.
Arizona Housing: Plan ReviewSources reviewed September 9, 2026. Confirm current requirements and project applicability with the reviewing authority.
Prepare a useful review
Use this preparation list for Groundbook alongside the official permit checklist.
Provide the city or county ordinance, adopted editions, amendments, and intake checklist. Mark whether the parcel is incorporated or unincorporated.
Where relevant, include approved factory plans and installation information alongside foundations, utility connections, access, and site drawings. Ask reviewers to reconcile their interfaces.
Supply the engineer’s design criteria, civil reports, envelope details, and MEP schedules. Compare notes and values across the documents rather than inferring conditions from the state name.
Identify which files are being checked, which are references, and which revisions are superseded. Include reviewer comments and responses where they explain an unresolved decision.
Use the drawing-register templateFrom documents to decisions
Compare stated design information with the code and local references you supply. Verify scope, exceptions, and the source behind each potential issue.
Review code referencesLook for incomplete information and conflicting requirements before submission. Assign each verified finding to the responsible designer.
Prepare for submissionCheck relationships across drawings, schedules, specifications, and reports. Resolve the source conflict and carry the decision into the issued set.
Review the whole packageBefore you start
Treat the off-site building and the site work as connected scopes. Include both packages, identify the responsible reviewers, and verify foundations, services, and placement against the local requirements and manufacturer’s information.
Supply the current drawing set and schedules, relevant specifications and reports, the applicable code and amendment PDFs, and the reviewing authority’s checklist. Identify the edition, project scope, and permit stage. Groundbook reviews the supplied evidence; do not assume every local requirement is already available.
No. Groundbook surfaces potential conflicts and omissions with links to source documents for professional verification. It does not issue permits, certify compliance, provide permit-expediting services, or replace the authority having jurisdiction.
Official source directory
County adoption authority and limits for unincorporated areas.
Factory-built building review; not a general local permit checklist.
Bring your drawings and the references that govern the project.